With all the weeds in my garden I am not sure that everything has been killed. I need to go take a close look to see if there is anything I can salvage. I am not even sure that my potatoes have been top killed. Today, though, was a beautiful day, and instead of working at my computer I should have been outside working on my wood. Since I have probably enough for this winter and into next, I am not keeping the frenetic pace I was. Still, a nice day is a good day to be outside, and this was a nice day. I guess N.O.A.A. and I got one right.
For the overnight, the early prediction is for light scattered showers. We are right on the line of that prediction from the N.W.S. I do not see any real echoes on the NEXRAD radar, and the Weather Underground model forecast maps do not show any potential precipitation until tomorrow morning. The cloud cover forecast does not really support the possibility of rain for our area of Wilton, Maine (43%/55%/68%/67%).
My Weather Stick is frowning about as much this evening as it was smiling this morning, and with 81% relative humidity that is no surprise. There is virtually no agreement among my electronic instruments. My Weather Station forecasts fair skies with rising barometric pressure. My Min/Max Thermometer calls for partly cloudy skies with falling barometric pressure. Finally my remote weather station forecasts cloudy conditions with falling barometric pressure. I tend to agree with that last. It is already overcast here, and I suspect the relative humidity is on the way up. Further, the barometric pressure has already fallen. I do not think we will have any precipitation overnight, but it will be warmer than it has been for the last couple of nights.
High Temperature (°F): 66.9
Current Temperature (°F): 44.4
Relative Humidity (%): 81%
Dew Point (°F): 38.9
Heat Index (°F): N/A
Barometric Pressure (in Hg): 30.02
Wind Direction: Calm
Wind Speed (mph): 0.0
Wind-Chill (°F): 44.4
Precipitation (Type): None
Amount (Inches): 0.00
Cloud Cover (PM): Overcast
Cloud Type: Stratus
Weather Stick: Slightly Down
Comparative data for today.
Temperature:31°F/30.3°F//52°F/48.0°F//62°F/64.0°F//60°F/61.7°F
Relative Humidity: 96%/88%//50%/75%//36%/44%//39%/44%
The N,W.S. forecast the temperature correctly for all the four forecast points today. They did not fare as well with the relative humidity. The only one they got right was at 17:00 hours this afternoon. That was even close to being outside the limits of +/- 5% that I use.
Forecast data for the overnight.
Temperature: 51°F/47°F/44°F/42°F
Relative Humidity: 56%/68%/79%/78%

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